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A Drop of This: Wedding Day Kit... I Love this for my Bridesmaid. I can top it with ribbon and an anchor charm. With a tag for each bridesmaids name and a list of what is included. Perfect! (and affordable)

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New Orleans Tradition: Cake Pulls, single ladies at the wedding pull the ribbon with a charm attached. Eiffel tower: life full of adventure, Star: wish will come true. Anchor: adventure is around the corner, four leaf clover: lucky, flower: blossoming love Heart: new love Fleur-de-lis: love and prosperity Kite: something fun is going to happen Wishbone: success is coming soon Ring: next to get married

Most popular in the South, especially around New Orleans, the Cake Pull gets its roots from an old Victorian tradition of “ribbon pulling.” In those days, charms of luck and good fortune were placed into the wedding cake by the bride for her single friends. Nowadays, bakers place sterling silver charms with specific meanings inside the bottom layer of the bride’s cake, and all the single ladies are given the opportunity to pull a charm from the cake (a ceremony called the “ribbon pull”) just before the cake is cut. Brides sometimes opt to do the cake pull at the bridesmaids’ lunch, either the day of the wedding or the day before. Each charm has a specific and special meaning: Hot Air Balloon or Eiffel Tower: A life full of adventure and travel Claddagh: Friendship, love, and loyalty Butterfly: Eternal beauty Star: Your wish will come true Anchor: Adventure is around the corner Four Leaf Clover: Good luck Flower: Blossoming love Heart: New love! Fleur-de-Lis: Love and prosperity Kite: Something fun is about to happen Wishbone: success Ring (similar to catching the bouquet): Next to get married I love this idea!

We altered these dainty kissing balls to complement our romantic black and white décor. Each ball comes attached to a loop of white ribbon. We cut that ribbon away, and instead we linked the balls together with black ribbon. Notice the extra sparkle? We tucked in black “diamond” sprays between the petals.

“Throwing a wedding in eight weeks was not exactly what you might call a piece of cake,” Bobbie wrote in her wedding program. “And it could not have happened without the overwhelming generosity and unwavering support from Kathie Lee.”

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The baker, Connie Dos Santos, “had Bobbie’s heart” from their first e-mail, in which she also suggested outfitting a sweets table with metallic-topped cupcakes, glittered donuts, “gold-dusted” strawberries and “bejeweled” brownies.